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The Akeley Parish Council website is provided in order to provide factual and informative content relating to the Parish Council and the village community.
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Each month, the website will be updated with the Minutes and Agendas for the council meetings, along with any other content we have which will be of use to the village. Some sections of the website maybe under construction, please be patient with us while we get the content sorted for these pages.

It is hoped that you will find these pages both useful and interesting, and we would welcome any contributions to the website you may have.

On 1st January 2026, it will no longer be possible to use historic map and documentary evidence to claim ‘lost ways’. Any path, track, alleyway, bridleway, cut-through etc. not registered on the Definitive Map – or submitted for registration – could well be in danger of being lost Even old and still well-used, but officially unrecorded, routes may be at risk.

What does this actually mean to those who walk, cycle or horse ride along our public footpaths and bridleways? The basic message is stark – we take our access to the countryside for granted; we use routes for recreation and as a means of linking places together without thinking but, if we don’t check what we already have or what has been used in the past and that it is legally recorded, we could lose them forever. The ancient maxim on which many claimants have relied, in the past: “once a highway always a highway” will be history.

Simply put, a small strip of land between a highway and the start of a definitive path might be unregistered. After 2026, a landowner could put a gate or fence across it and restrict all entry to the public – quite legally – thus permanently hindering access to the countryside because we have assumed, but not checked, that the Definitive Map is up-to-date and accurate. It will not be just our generation which will suffer but those who follow after us and is that the legacy we wish to leave them? It is worth the risk?

The ‘Restoring the Records’ project is two-pronged with something for everyone; volunteers are needed to check maps, walk paths to ensure the correct signs are in place, do research, interview local people about their memories and get new links approved – to list just a few activities and it is local knowledge that will be the key.

The plan is to recruit a volunteer [s] in every Buckinghamshire Parish and Town Council to spread the load and speed up the exercise – 10 years passes far quicker than you might think! No previous knowledge or training is needed; the Project Team is preparing a simple step-by-step guide which will answer most of the more common questions and will supply a map of your local area showing the rights of way.

If you are interested in becoming involved in this fascinating and very important treasure hunt, please contact Ross Osborn, the Project’s Volunteer Co-ordinator, on rossosborn41@gmail.com who will be happy to answer any questions and arrange for all necessary information and maps to be sent to you.

Is your Hedge or Tree overhanging the public highway?

Transport for Buckinghamshire (TfB) on behalf of Buckinghamshire County Council, would remind home and land owners that it is their responsibility to keep the highway free from overhanging trees, shrubs and overgrown bushes etc. Landowners must ensure that there is no obstruction or partial obstruction to the footway or carriageway.

TfB regularly makes inspections and also receives reports regarding obstructions on the highway. If you are notified, TfB would ask that you arrange to have any obstruction cut back within 14 days. Should you be unable to complete the work by the end of this period of notice, TfB may arrange for the work to be carried out and may claim reimbursement from the landowner for reasonable expenses following completion of the works, in accordance with Section 154(4) of the Highways Act.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter and please do not hesitate to contact 01296 382416 to discuss this further should you wish, and also, if needed, how TfB may be able to assist you in carrying out these works.

Many of you will have noticed the recently-installed
Automated External Defibrillator contained within the yellow cabinet
adjacent to the new notice board outside the school.

On Monday 9th November 2015 there will be an AED demonstration
to which all villagers are invited and encouraged to attend.

Lives have been saved by the prompt use of these devices.
Please come along and learn how it is to be used in a cardiac emergency situation.

Sam McGhee, our volunteer Community First Responder will be assisting,
along with Del Flint the local CFR trainer.
The session will begin at 7pm in the Village Hall,
and will be followed by a Parish Council meeting.

This year’s ‘Theatre in the Villages’ production at Akeley Village Hall will take place on Saturday 24th October (2015) at 7 pm and will be an evening of musical comedy, performed by actor, singer and pianist Michael Lunts.